This introductory text is an important resource for new
engineers, chemists, students, and chemical industry personnel to
understand the technical aspects of polypropylene which is the 2nd
largest synthetics polymer in manufactured output.

The book considers the following topics:

What are the principal types of polypropylene and how do they
differ?

What catalysts are used to produce polypropylene and how do
they function?

What is the role of cocatalysts and how have they evolved over
the years?

How are industrial polypropylene catalysts tested and the
resultant polymer evaluated?

What processes are used in the manufacture of
polypropylene?

What are the biopolymer alternatives to polypropylene?

What companies are the major industrial manufacturers of
polypropylene?

Dennis B. Malpass received his PhD in organometallic
chemistry from The University of Tennessee in 1970 and began his
career with Texas Alkyls, Inc. (now AkzoNobel). His industrial
career spanned thirty-three years working on synthesis,
characterization, and applications of metal alkyls, especially
aluminum alkyls in Ziegler-Natta polymerization of olefins. He has
more than eighty patents and publications and now consults in the
polyolefins industry. He also teaches organic chemistry and is an
instructor for continuing education courses for SPE and ACS. In
2010 he authored Introduction to Industrial
Polyethylene.

Elliot I. Band received his PhD in inorganic chemistry
from Cornell University in 1980. He has been in research and
development with AkzoNobel and its predecessor companies for over
thirty years. His tenure includes twenty years in Ziegler-Natta
catalyst synthesis, manufacture, quality control, and technical
support to polypropylene manufacturers in North and South America.
He presently manages a group of chemists and engineers that
develops new cationic, anionic, and nonionic surfactants for
AkzoNobel. Elliot has thirty publications and more than twenty
patents.

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